15/01/2026
Quiet moment inside the noise of everyday survival.
Standing for more than an hour trying to take the perfect shot of three men with their backs to the camera, facing the road, watching life move past them in vehicles and dust. They are not posing; they are waiting. Waiting for the next passenger, the next job, the next small opportunity that keeps the day going. The tricycle beneath them is more than transport,it is livelihood, routine, and resilience welded together.
The road ahead is busy, indifferent. The city does not slow down for anyone. Yet here, in this frame, time stretches. Their posture tells a familiar story: patience learned from repetition, strength built from necessity, hope carried quietly without announcement.Where work has no office, no clock-in time, and no guarantees. Just men, a machine, and the road. Every day begins the same way: sit, wait, move, repeat. And somehow, life continues.
O'tobi Photography
Holuwatobi Ezekiel
World Press Photo
